Ladislav Mrkvička

From time to time, we have produced an admirable film about the virtues of the domestic army, which raised the right men in ideal conditions - in...

The Grand Hotel is a place between heaven and earth. A place where clouds and human desires float by. This metaphorical story is set in a famous...

A weekend trip for nine friends to places where they once spent many years of their lives. A contemporary TV movie with a star-studded cast. Nine...

Even a strict and not very popular teacher can achieve extraordinary popularity with his pupils. When their favourite teacher breaks his leg just...

The young generation is not very at peace with the morality of their parents. In a story set in a Moravian village, the otherwise contented...

The accountants at a agricultural cooperative near Prague have completed the calculation of wages. The driver with the cashier are leaving for a bank...

Hockey requires great commitment and even sacrifice from an early age. The thirteen-year-old players of a school hockey team, led by an experienced...

The film is set in the environment of the internationally renowned Pardubice Steeplechase, with the main roles being devoted to equestrian sport...

A "fairly ordinary and mundane" working day in various operations of large steel mills...

The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost...

The family is connected with Prague's "Kolbenka", the ČKD locomotive factory. Grandfather Antonín, already retired, son Rudolf, a master in...

A poetic documentary portrait about czechoslovakian painter.

Michal's father and his friends are stigmatized by their war experience and the post-war social deformations in which they took part either directly,...

In autumn 1941, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich’s brutal rule in occupied Bohemia and Moravia fuels Czech resistance. In spring 1942, the...

The heroine of the story is a teenage Jitka Pažoutová, suffering from her fatness and clumsiness. For her, the real torture is especially the...

At the end of the occupation, Vojta, a young worker, marries the daughter of a rich builder to protect her from being deployed to the German Reich....

When former criminal Gaudl discovers the strange behaviour of his son-in-law Professor Horacek, he becomes worried about his daughter Hedwig and...

Have you ever heard of Kampa Island on the Vltava River? It is one of the most beautiful and picturesque corners of old Prague. And it is here, in...

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she...

After returning home from the army, Vasek (Ladislav Potmesil) has married Bozka (Eva Trejtnarová) and the couple now live at her parents'...

Olda Raška, a novice pilot, is going through an emotional crisis that will greatly affect his professional abilities. Only thanks to the...

A group of children from a working-class neighbourhood in Pilsen search for a way to effectively protest against the rampage of the First World War...

A detective story set in a youth mountaineering club. One of the members, Ivan Kočička, nicknamed Kocour, single-handedly investigates the mystery...

Most people have left Earth, for unknown reasons and to unknown destinations. The story follows three men who live together and support each other....

Operation Rys is a code name for survival training behind enemy lines. For three young soldiers, Aleš, Ota, and František, this means...

An animal lover father brings home a cuddlesome female chimp named Tereza from his latest around the world and adopts her as a pet...

Somewhere in the Forbidden Forest lives the evil wizard Kruciatus. A hundred years ago, he attempted to destroy the kingdom now ruled by King...

The sequel to the film Icarus focuses on the further fates of pianist Kára, who decided to fight the demon of alcohol. With the support of his...

Today's story takes place in distant California, but it could just as easily happen here. It tells of dangerous intrigues, accusations, and slander...

The 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father has been "away" for four years, the boys mother...

The story of the dramatic fate of the Czech climber Josef speck and his comrades, executed by the Nazis in April 1945 in Theresienstadt.

The story of a young man who found the meaning of love and a place in life at the cost of a loss.

This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is actually visually as dark as its story, making it...

In 1976, the Czech New Wave philosopher and director Evald Schorm came to the Na zábradlí Theatre. He stayed there for twelve years,...

Postwoman Mrs Skorepa, her husband the ambulance driver Mr Skorepa and their eleven-year-old twins Petr and Pavel live in Prague in Malá...

The biggest threat to a successful crackdown on drug traffickers and consumers is the international hitman Barták, sent to the Czech Republic...

Sixteen-year-old Magda and Jakub, who is the same age, are in love. Nothing wrong with that, love is part of youth. But one day, Jakub invites Magda...

A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat...

The fairy tale tells the story of two musicians, Princess Clara and the magician Manetti. Tomáš and Jakub free the princess from the...

The story of an unhappy, childless princess, her loving husband and the poor villagers threatened by a terrible disease, who finally received help...

Princess Magdalena is not having an easy time. Her mother, the queen, has died and her father, the king, has remarried. When Magdalena has grown into...

The third installment in a loose series featuring the character Renáta Soukupová. Renáta is on the threshold of her thirties and...

Autumn 1988. Renata is studying journalism. She lives with her jealous boyfriend Standa, whom she occasionally cheats on. She edits the school...

When something flashes across the pond dam in the early evening, it could be the gamekeeper Čeřínek, or the poacher Kopýtko and the...

The secret that has been hidden for eighteen years in an old tower deep in the woods is known only to the fairy Daphne. Only she knows that, thanks...

On Klobouk Hill, which rises above the marshy forests, stands a bell tower, and there reigns Lady Fog, who rules the entire region unseen. No matter...

In December 1437, Emperor Sigismund, King of Bohemia and Hungary, returns from Prague to Hungary. Due to a prolonged illness, he stops with his...

A film adaptation of the novelette of the same title written by Dominik Tatarka depicts the life of a young generation of artists that was formed in...

The story of six men and one woman who, while exploring the underground part of an old palace, discover that they are trapped here and that there is...

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German...

Vlasta and Tonda don't have much longer to live but they do have one more important task ahead of them - to find and kill the communist prosecutor...

Shoemaker Číč is a skilled craftsman, but a great mischievous and riddle-teller. Such that he tricks not only the king, but also Lucifer...

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.

Honza is looking forward to taking a vacation, but the disappearance of three spoiled princesses spoils his plans. He is helped in his rescue not...

The film consists of five parts - a live-action framing story and four distinct animated episodes - each by a different creative team and in a...

Radek Simek, the driver of a postal car, is shot dead on his regular route. The Investigators give up initial suspicions of robbery, because he...

The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB 1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront...

The ship's first officer, Karel Kip, and his brother, engineer Petr Kip, are convicted as mutineers for the mysterious murder of the captain of the...

In one kingdom, there was a stupid king. And he suddenly became wise because he met a magical grandfather who gave him a backpack. Who would have...

The photographer and his wife, a former beauty queen, make a living casting death masks. But their obsession goes so far that they decide to cast the...

Even the best of friends can fall apart, often all it takes is a minor misunderstanding. That's exactly what happened to two village friends,...

Set in a village, the story of a simple-minded, not-so-responsible young man who still manages to take care of his younger siblings after their...

In one village, there lives a girl named Žofinka, who loves playing the clarinet, which makes her father a little angry, as he would rather see her...

It tells about the collaboration of Mongolian-Czech geologists who are discovering treasure deposits in Mongolia, and shows the events that happen to...

Life in a rural retirement home is peaceful, with long-standing friendships and rivalries. One day, the residents find a bedraggled, exhausted person...

The parents decided to send two twins, Honza, and Martin, on vacation to their grandfather.